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As said above, this is mostly a terrible idea, it will for sure discriminate against look, language, accent, gender, personality traits, and obviously race, no

by AHOHA 3y ago

As said above, this is mostly a terrible idea, it will for sure discriminate against look, language, accent, gender, personality traits, and obviously race, no matter how you make your platform NOT to, people are biased when there’s no context for what your knowledge worth (like a resume or portfolio) to weigh things up and down. I remember I saw a similar site did a similar thing for a mall hiring in my city, and out of personal test and obviously not a statistical data, I gave the same script to be said by two different individuals, one was a good looking dude, shot with a dslr camera and another was just an average looking one with a phone camera, the first received around 7 calls back while the second is none. Then I repeated the test but this time against a female with a phone a camera and nothing professional, the female received 14 calls back, same mall, same shops, and within a 3 days the test was done. It gives you an idea how the hiring process will be. Additionally, it will reinforce the bias and obsession the new generation have with the overall look, I read a few articles how tiktok is negatively affecting that, to the point some are breaking their jaws with hammers for some reason.

TheRealHB 3y ago
Hello @AHOHA, harsh feedback but welcome indeed, My comments: As I said prior, Candydate is intended mostly for customer facing roles and/or those who need to be quickly filled, like for events as example. The applicant can skip the video or point the cam elsewhere and just submit the old resume as we still have that as optional. The idea here is to avoid people wasting time sending template CVs or filling forms only to then fail on an interview. By recording a short video pitch at one's own place and time, people usually perform better. Our system don't decide on anything, the AI is used just to score and rank, the final word is for the person hiring. So biases can indeed happen here but also in a conventional interview where even more is wasted. That said, we do have an idea to blur the video as option until you "shortlist" someone so you do only based on how and what was said, plus our insights from the AI analyses. We may implement that sooner after your comment ; ) Again, this tool is for small business, mostly brick-and-mortar types: restaurant, bar, hotel, shop, gym, etc. Where the owner is doing the recruiting, no HR department, no structured recruitment process, just candidate and the decision maker. Thanks again for the feedback, HB"

by AHOHA 3y ago

TheRealHB 3y ago

Hello @AHOHA, harsh feedback but welcome indeed, My comments: As I said prior, Candydate is intended mostly for customer facing roles and/or those who need to be quickly filled, like for events as example. The applicant can skip the video or point the cam elsewhere and just submit the old resume as we still have that as optional. The idea here is to avoid people wasting time sending template CVs or filling forms only to then fail on an interview. By recording a short video pitch at one's own place and time, people usually perform better. Our system don't decide on anything, the AI is used just to score and rank, the final word is for the person hiring. So biases can indeed happen here but also in a conventional interview where even more is wasted. That said, we do have an idea to blur the video as option until you "shortlist" someone so you do only based on how and what was said, plus our insights from the AI analyses. We may implement that sooner after your comment ; ) Again, this tool is for small business, mostly brick-and-mortar types: restaurant, bar, hotel, shop, gym, etc. Where the owner is doing the recruiting, no HR department, no structured recruitment process, just candidate and the decision maker. Thanks again for the feedback, HB"